Prayer Requests

Thanks for checking out our blog! We can hardly believe that we leave for India in 4 days! We know how important and powerful prayer is, so below are ways you can support us through prayer while we are gone.

• Travel safety - neither of us have a lot of experience traveling internationally. We'll be by ourselves until we get to London & the whole trip home. Pray that we make all of our connecting flights, especially on the way home (more on this later!) In addition, we will not meet our trip leader until we get to London so pray that we're able to make that connection easily. I (Vanessa) have some anxiety about our safety & travel - mostly related to leaving our kids. Please pray for peace for me as we travel and that we make it there and home safely!
• That God would use this time - both for us to show His love to the kids we will be visiting in the orphanages & for Him to give us a vision for how our family can be more engaged with those in need around the world. Pray that our minds & hearts would be open to whatever He wants to teach/show us through this trip.
• Spicy Food - this sounds silly, but I don't do well with spicy food. Nacho cheese from the concession stand is too spicy for me. And we're going to India. Enough said ;) More importantly though, the orphanages will be serving us their best food and doing their best to make it not spicy so I want to be able to eat what they serve us.
• Our kids - Andy's parents will be staying with them until New Years & then my mom will be with them the rest of the time we're gone. Pray that there's no sickness or injuries, that they sleep well (this has been an issue recently), & are well behaved (especially while it's just my mom with them!) 
• Our transition home - we were originally supposed to get home on Jan 2nd, but now we don't get in to the Indy airport until 12:05 AM on Jan 4th. We're technically supposed to go back to school on the 4th, but we're both taking the day off. This means I work both the 5th & 6th. Andy, on the other hand, is flying back OUT of the Indy airport at 5pm on the 4th. (I know, he's crazy!!) He's going with some other teachers & principals to look at a high-tech high school in Florida on Thursday & Friday. Please pray that he's able to process this extreme change of culture and get over the jet-lag quickly. Pray also for Vanessa & the kids as we'll be home on our own for a couple of days.  

Thanks! We love knowing that we have family & friends praying for us.

Check back often while we're gone for updates! :)